The International Gymnastics Federation has approved naming a pommel horse skill after Corona del Mar High graduate Sam Mikulak.

Mikulak, a junior at the University of Michigan who represented the United States at the London Olympic Games, became the first gymnast to perform the "Mikulak" in an FIG sanctioned competition, during the men's qualification round in London.

The skill is a double-scissor with a hop from one end of the horse to the other. It begins with forward leg swings and a half turn of the body, but ends with backward leg swings.

"I just pushed an old skill to the limits and just made it more exciting and a little bit more interesting," Mikulak said in a statement. "Having that skill in the books forever is something that I can look back on and say that I made a difference in the world of gymnastics."

UC Irvine will open the 2013 baseball season on Feb. 15 against Baylor, the first of four teams that played in the NCAA postseason on a schedule that includes 12 of the Anteaters' first 13 games at home.

UCI, coming off a 31-25 season in which it did not make the 64-team NCAA Regional field for the first time in seven seasons, plays a three-game, season-opening series with Baylor.

UCLA, which played in the College World Series the last two seasons under former UCI coach John Savage, visits UCI on April 16 and plays host to Coach Mike Gillespie's 'Eaters on April 30.